Meeting of the Graduate Baruchian Tonight!
Hi guys, as usual we are meeting at the Hairy Monk tonight after classes. So drop on by. In fact, I’m going to sit down and buy a pitcher of beer for you. That’s right, one pitcher (maybe two) for new members and writers.
Don’t Forget About those Great Events at CUNY!
So, this list isn’t original, and if you’re a Baruch student, you probably got this email already. But if I know you like I know me, you probably ignored this one! I think the event about urban renewal in Cold War New York looks great! Check these things out people! Spotlight Katrina Five Years Later … Continue reading
Panel on Financial Reform at Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity
By Jeremy Sykes Four powerhouses of the financial services industry met at Baruch College, August 11th to discuss the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on executive compensation and investor relations. The forum, put on by a collaboration of NIRI (National Investor Relations Instutute) and the Zicklin Center for Corporate … Continue reading
New Staff
Hi all, my name is Jeremy Sykes, a graduate student in Accounting at the Zicklin School, and I’ve joined the GradBaruchian Staff. I’m hoping to post on a variety of subjects, as well as to edit some of the posts of our more junior staff writers. My subjects of interest are accounting and economics, as … Continue reading
To furlough or not furlough
Today faculty received notices that the NY legislature enacted and the government signed a furlough of state workers. That includes our professors at Baruch. Soon enough the unions (including PSC to which same professors belong) filed for a restraining order. Judge Kahn in district court issued the order this afternoon according to the New York … Continue reading
From the ashes . . .
The recent (and I might add historic) vote by Baruch Grad students to increase the supplemental fee (aka the party tax) by ten dollars has passed. Congrats to Mosharaf Shamin, Andres Garcia and the GSA team on their hard work to make it happen. The new tax, er, fee will go from $29 to $39. … Continue reading
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